Dry

So this is the end result of hundreds of man hours of backbreaking work. These fields (and all the rest of Chan di Igreja) were planted with corn and beans months ago, but no rains came. So, all that time that the people spent doubled over digging in the dirt with their hands or a small spade, amounts to a few piles of straw that they can feed to a goat or a cow. Less than 15 hours of rain fell in Chan di Igreja this calendar year.